Warsaw is a town in Wyoming County, in the U.S. state of New York.The population was 5,064 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately 37 miles east southeast of Buffalo and approximately 37 miles southwest of Rochester.The town may have been named after Warsaw, Poland.. The Town of Warsaw is centrally located in the county and contains a village, also called Warsaw.

The Warsaw uprising began on 1 August 1944. It was part of a big plan, Operation Tempest. Operation Tempest started when the Soviet Army got near Warsaw. The goals of the Polish resistance were to push the German troops out of the city. They also wanted to free Warsaw before the Soviets arrived.